August 2016

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

I became a Great Aunt again recently. And my sister became a grandma again. I made three of these for Shane and Mallory (Mom & Dad), my sister and Mallory's Mom.

I stamped the image with Intense Black ink and colored it with Copic markers. Then I added some Enamel Accents to the eyes. The card front was matted in blue cardstock and then adhered to a white card base.

Monday, August 29, 2016

I sent a card to Audrey McGuire to arrive when she starts her Freshman year in college. She likes giraffes. She likes pink. So....

My apologies that this cutie giraffe is in a stamp set from Avery Elle, What's Up, that I now realize must be discontinued. First I laid the giraffe down on the water color paper so I knew where to stamp the greeting. I stamped it in Versafine black and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then I did the same with the scarf. Since I wanted it to be in front of the giraffe's neck I had to stamp it first, then mask it. I put the mask over the scarf and stamped the giraffe and heat embossed it.

I water colored the giraffe, scarf and blue background. I find that if I heat emboss the image it makes watercoloring easier as the water and paint stay in the lines. To create the black flecks of ink I applied some Black Soot ink to an acrylic block and sprayed it with a little water. Then I used a really small brush and flicked the wet ink on to the card front until I got the look I wanted. Then I applied googly eyes with Multi Medium Matte.

To finish the card I matted it in pink cardstock and then mounted it on a white card base.

Sunday, August 28, 2016

No surprise, I had to have a kitty stamp set. The day I got it out to play I wasn't in the mood to color so I almost put it away. But then I thought of using it without coloring. I never do that but I was able to make a bunch of these quickly. It's pretty straight forward. I used the rectangle dies to create frames in multiple colors. Then I stamped on the inside pieces and mixed and matched. I popped the center up with some foam tape for dimension. And I paired it with playful patterned paper.

Saturday, August 27, 2016

If you look below at the alcohol ink colors that I used to create this card you probably think I made a mistake in the colors I linked to. Nope! I hadn't done alcohol ink blending in a long time when I made this and I forgot that you have to be careful about dragging your paper through the ink too many times or you get a muddy color. Well, guess what. But the good news is that I also didn't put enough ink on the craft sheet so the colors were turning out really light. In this case? That was good because I got this taupe-y color that I realized was kind of pretty. Not what I was going for but pretty. And turned into a card that can be sent to a man or a woman. Happy accident!

First I created the birthday accent. I wanted it to look like enamel so I die cut it from Sea Glass cardstock using a Lil Inkers die found here. I attached a piece of scrap cardstock to the back temporarily to give me something to hold on to. Then I inked up the front with Versamark ink. I covered it with clear embossing powder and heat embossed it. I did this two more times and as I did that it thickened.

To create the background I squirted the three alcohol ink colors shown below and some pearl fixative on a craft sheet. I added some blending solution to all then I turned some glossy paper upside down and dragged it through the ink. I had to do it too many times (as I said above) because I put too little ink on craft sheet. Once it dried (which didn't take very long) I adhered the birthday accent to it. And I added a little white epoxy heart.

To assemble the card I created a blue card front using a stitched rectangle die from Simon Says Stamp. Then I adhered the card front to it using white fun foam. I attached it all to a white card base.

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

There is something endearing to me about a little scene where you are peeking in or out of a window.

To create this card first I inked up the background with Antique Linen Distress Ink using a stencil on white cardstock. Then I stamped the scene on the inside using the Taylored Expressions A Glimpse Inside Stamp set. I colored it with Copic markers. I die cut the window frame with white cardstock and put some acetate behind the window opening. Then I attached the colored piece. Then it was all adhered to the inked background. I stamped the greeting with black ink.

The card front was matted in blue cardstock leaving some showing on the sides and then matted it again with Desert Storm cardstock. I added some dots with white gel pen and then adhered it all to a white card base.

Sunday, August 21, 2016

I made this card using the striped paper and letters from the Create A Smile Beach Party kit.

To make this card I created the blue frame using the rectangle dies and Sno Cone paper. Then I cut the striped patterned paper just a bit bigger so a little would show around the edges. I cut a "slice" out of the striped paper and replaced it with acetate. I adhered the letters to the acetate panel. I attached the frame to the card front so there would be a place for the foam tape to go behind it where the acetate part is. I put foam tape around the part where the sequins would be making sure there are no gaps. Then some sequins went in (sorry, don't know what they are). Then I put foam tape on the rest of the card front and attached it to the white card base.

It's from Technique Tuesday and they have designed the cutest card set as part of their encouragement that we send cards.. just because! Nothing like getting a homemade card and I love this little set they designed.

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Concord & 9th designs the most unique stamp sets and I love the one I used for this card. Such a fun set.

I love cards that come together quickly - and this is one of those cards. I stamped the lemons with Intense Black ink and colored them with Copic markers. Then I fussy cut them. I stamped the greeting on a piece of white cardstock with Versafine black ink. Then I adhered the whole lemon and popped the slices off of the card with foam tape. I added some dashed lines with a black marker. Then I attached the card front to a piece of striped paper and attached that to a 4 bar white card base.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

When I color plants I tend to color them all shades of green. But I saw this photo posted by Laurasaysstamp on Instagram and thought I'd try to color one with two color families in it. And it was Kathy Racoosin's 30 Day coloring challenge when I did this card and it is so like Kathy to use all kinds of colors so I thought I'd give it a try.

To create this card I stamped the image on white cardstock and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. Then I colored it with Copic markers. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed in Pool Party embossing powder. I trimmed around the edges and then adhered it to a white card base with white fun foam and Xtreme adhesive.